Hi all 

I was after some advise and to see if anybody has found themselves in this position. My mum had a ct scan for something else. Something was incidentally found in mums breast which a referral to the breast clinic was made. When they mentioned it was on the same side that mum had a cyst we felt slightly better. This cyst was diagnosed 10 years ago at the breast clinic. However when we went to the appointment they said there was some skin thickening that was only noticed in scans. Mum had an ultrasound and was meant to have a mammogram but it was broken on the day so went recently for it. The person who did her ultrasound mentioned it could be a sebaceous cyst as clinically that’s how it presents they were just unsure on the skin thickening and classed the scan as borderline. They checked her lymph nodes and said they were normal. He performed a core needle biopsy. The ultrasound was scored 3/4 is that 3 for one area and 4 for the other? Or could that be overall it’s between the two. The lymph nodes were scored 2. On the sheet he put sebaceous cyst or suspicious lesion. It’s hypoechoic. When we went back to the consultant she didn’t really say much just that the concerning feature was the skin thickening. She mentioned it could be caused by infection and trauma but not sure. The apparent cyst burst a few months back and mum mentioned lots of gunk came out, it also smells awful as fluid is leaking from it. It was frustRating as was hoping for more reassurance. I’m beside myself for mum which she obviously doesn’t know and thinking it’s inflammatory breast cancer but then a rational part thinks it’s an infected cyst. Mum had no obvious clinical signs apart from the lump of her cyst. The consultant said she’ll get an appointment when they’re back but mums asked for phone call. I’m so scared. Sorry to waffle.